GREUEL, WEISS URGE TRAFFIC PLAN.Byline: RICK ORLOV Staff Writer With near-gridlock squeezing Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. motorists, city officials called Wednesday for development of a strategic plan to try to ease the problems. Council members Wendy Greuel Wendy Greuel is President Pro Tempore of the Los Angeles City Council representing the 2nd District. Greuel was elected in 2002 to fill the remainder of the term of Councilman Joel Wachs. She was elected in her own right in 2003 and reelected in 2007. and Jack Weiss Jack Weiss, is a member of the Los Angeles City Council representing the 5th district. Weiss was elected in 2001 and reelected in 2005. The 5th district includes parts of the Westside and the San Fernando Valley. introduced the proposal, calling on the city Department of Transportation to work with Caltrans and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The plan would review everything from freeways to traffic lights to try to help untangle traffic woes consistently identified as one of the most significant problems facing the city. "We have the MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. and its overall regional plan, but there is nothing we can point to as our overall vision for dealing with traffic," Greuel said. "It's light-synchronization and car-pool lanes on the 405. It's planning and land-use decisions. It's something we should be looking at to find a way to reduce congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. and make it easier for us to get around." Weiss said he was surprised the city had not taken such action earlier. "To me, it's a kind of municipal malpractice not to have had a strategic master plan in place," Weiss said. Greuel said the process will include all sections of the city, City Council members, the Mayor's Office, city commissions, neighborhood councils, homeowner groups and other government agencies. "It's not going to be something that comes together overnight," Greuel said. "We need a long-range vision that identifies a general set of directives and initiatives to improve the transit system." The council Wednesday also supported legislation by Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, D-Van Nuys, to create a special statistical district for the Wilshire Corridor. The measure is needed for state agencies to develop a common set of data on demographics, economics and other conditions to qualify for state and federal funding. The council also backed a proposal by Metro to extend a peak-hour buslane along Wilshire Boulevard from Santa Monica to east of downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or . The action allows the city to take advantage of a $27 million federal grant, with Metro providing a $5.4 million matching grant matching grant Academia Non-peer-reviewed funding in which a commercial enterprise, foundation, or philanthropy, federal government, contributes a sum of money that 'matches' a financial contribution made by an institution, university or hospital. , to widen the lane at some points, repave other sections and align curbs. rick.orlov(at)dailynews.com (213) 978-0390 |
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